More... 3.3 Based on the different ways in which they affect the brain, psychoactive drugs can be divided into four main groups: depressants (e.g., alcohol and sedatives), stimulants (e.g., nicotine and ecstasy), opioids (e.g., morphine and heroin), and hallucinogens (e.g., PCP and LSD).
So is there any place in the United States an 18-year-old can escape the uniform 21-year-old drinking age? For a while, Louisiana was a safe haven for thirsty teens. To comply with the letter of the national drinking age law, the state passed a law that made it illegal to buy alcohol if you were under 21.
Lower the Drinking Age to 19. Laurence Steinberg, a professor of psychology at Temple University, is the author of â Age of Opportunity: Lessons From the New Science of Adolescence.â. Updated February 10, 2015, 3:31 AM. The United States is one of a handful of countries that uses 21 as the minimum legal drinking age.Pretty much the rest of the developed world sets the minimum drinking age at 18. If highway safety really is the main concern, weâd accomplish much more by raising the driving age.n the other hand, having a drinking age of 21 has put colleges and universities in the difficult position of having to police a population of drinkers, half of whom are legally permitted to drink, and half of whom are not.